Arab besides deal with serious and often distressing incidents, if you feel at any time, you need support. Please contact your local cross, a centre for suggested phone numbers for confidential support, placing the shy nights than this episode on Europe or on our website. Forty one year old peggy car was employed as a waitress at the Nicholas family restaurant in south central florida on october. Twenty three nineteen, eighty eight she was working. the sunday morning shift when she stopped. Feeling on well on pain seed in the middle of her chest at first peggy thought she might be having a heart attack.

But one of her regular customers assured her that couldn't be the case. Peggy's, breathing and pulse swear both in the normal range and the bright pink shade her fingernails indicated she was receiving plenty of oxygen. the day, wore on peggy continued to feel sick. Around lunchtime her at our door joline arrived at the restaurant the to work together. and jailing, I was scheduled to cover the lunch shift. Angelina noticed something was wrong with another, almost right away, peggy, who rarely complain tent. Was never our well tell Juliana, her hands were numb and her legs were aching. Juliana touched her mothers hands. They were ass cold She told peggy to sit down and rest peggy did so, but the paying continued.

Eventually she decided to leave work early. Perhaps a nap at home would you are whatever was ailing the. Later that afternoon, peggy s husband, parry one car, better known as pie, returned home from a hunting trip he found. These broad on the living room so far ass. She greeted him. She looked sick and her voice sounded wake. The two had only been married for six months. it was a re marriage for both of them. The result

of a whirlwind courtship after the wedding peggy, moved in supplies home a remote, proper. these surrounded by orange groves in florida town of out tourists. She brought to her grown children with her her eldest to Joanna seventeen year around the wine. Angelina is two year old daughter These are the sun Allen was stationed at a naval base in tennessee, two of I children also lived at home, eighteen year old, tammy and sixteen year old, travis it was an adjustment as the large blended family got used to. Then you living arrangements, but peggy and papa did their best to make it work. Profound peggy seek on their catch. His first instinct was to call his sister heroin, who was a nurse, one came over right away, but quickly gave Peggy the all clear.

All of her vitals seemed fine. Although her blood, She was slightly high. Peggy s daughter, Galina, wasn't so sure when she God, I'm at around nine o clock that night she found her That lying in bed with her eyes tightly closed, peggy skin was deathly wide and her lips were badly chopped. She was so weak that she couldn't even get up to walk to the bathroom in a whisper He told her daughter. You don't know how bad it hurts. Do you hear what I'm saying on just hurting. Joanna found her stepfather pie in the kitchen. She asked him to take her mother to the hospital pie. Refused he said, Peggy didn't want to go to a hospital and insist,

she just had a virus, Juliana pleaded and offered to drive peggy herself, yet pie didn't barge A little while later he changed his mind, he carried peggy. into his car and set out for barter memorial hospital, which was about eleven miles away. Juliana. Followed behind in her own vehicle once they reached emergency room, a doctor, performed Re examination as peggy either having her arm touched, was excruciating in describing her symptoms. Peggy stated I feel like I'm on fire. The doctors were at a loss as to what was wrong tests failed to cover a diagnosis prompting one doktor to suggest. Peggy symptoms might be psychosomatic caused by.

mental factor rather than a physical one. This theory upset peggy, whatever her illness was. She knew it hadn't been caused by stress or her imagination. He spent three days in hospital, although no one could figure out what it made her sick. She soon began to improve She became well enough to sit up in bed, drink, coffee and even eight by herself when complained about the quality of the hospitals, food, her door angelina knew she was getting better. peggy signs of improvement, prompted the doctors to send her home. The next evening, pie sister caroline brought over fried chicken for the family she portioned out and served at alongside glasses of coca cola. The next morning, sir, Ten year old travis and seventeen year old dwayne felt sick. They figure

that was likely to hang over his. They had a big night out with friends, but when their fate began to tango, it became clear that were suffering. The same symptoms is peggy. Soon the boys felt a burning sensation inside their bodies, peggy. symptoms also started worsening at seven thirty, the following Not she was led away in an ambulance this time Peggy was taken to winter haven hospital where she was examined by a neurologist name to doktor t richard hostler, doktor hustler asked peggy detroit keep her eyes shot. He then try to open them. Peggy could resist and her eyes opened easily. This was unusual for a healthy adult.

She was also extremely sensitive to touch and her mouth was filled with alterations. Peggy tell the doctor that her fate felt like they were on fire. The doktor hustler believed peggy could have been poisoned by some kind of heavy metal when he found out that two of the same These children were also starting to exhibit symptoms that strengthened his conviction. He asked that Travis and dwayne be broadened for observation as well. According to apply the families profit you haven't been sprayed with any insecticides recently, There was no reason a heavy metal should have been present in their home. Nonetheless, doktor hostler decided to have peggy tested for lead, arsenic and mercury poisoning. These three heavy metals, where the most common that people could encounter

The hostler also decided to test for a fourth kind of poison, thallium, colourless, odorless and tasteless. volume was once widely used throughout the united. It is our right poison and pesticide buddy Nineteen. Seventy two, the? U S, bandits use due to safety concerns. Valeo is so highly toxic that mild contact with skin alone, can be extremely dangerous Fact that thallium was illegal, made a rare and therefore extremely unlikely that peggy car could have encountered it in her home, yet doktor hostile. I was intrigued by piggies description of feeling, like she was burning to death.

One of his colleagues also noticed that piggies hair had started falling out both of these symptoms fit perfectly with thallium poisoning Peggy health deteriorated rapidly that evening she was transferred to the intensive care unit, she lay in bed surrounded by machines, tubes, Attached to her nose and math to enable her to breathe, peggy wrists had been tied down, so she couldn't pull the troops out. She lost ability to speak and opened her eyes, but she was still call. yes, and aware of when she was being spoken to both of piggies parents had been deaf and she had learnt sign language as a child. Now incapacitated in hospital, she was I,

What are you signing as a way to communicate peggy, sister surely drive to florida from her home in alabama to say, peggy. when she asked her now unrecognizable sister, if she knew who shirley was peggy signed, yes, peggy How are you feeling surely asked peggy? So again I heard. The results of piggies tests came back quickly as doktor hostler had suspected she tested positive for thallium. In fact, the amount of thallium in her system exceeded the amount the lab could measure dwayne and travesty had positive for thallium to baghdad, to lower levels with the man of ilium, peggy hiding her body. Doctors knew it would be impossible for her to recover.

the volume was causing her nerves to waste away and die. Peggy symptoms would soon progress to paralysis, coma and death. In nineteen eighty eight, it was- don't hurt off for someone to experience, darling and poisoning in the united states. It simply Wasn't a heavy metal that people could encounter in their day to day lives. Doctor Hostler was certain that piggies poisoning wasn't a tragic accident at masked by a deliberate and malicious act. The doktor broke the news to peggy husband pie, who in turn told peggy. Ass, she lay in a hospital bed with her eyes, closed, tend machines breathing for her ply said. peggy, do you know why you're here no peggy sue?

In reply peggy you ve been poisoned, pie, told her all peggy could do and Sports was signed the same word over and over. Why why why doktor hostler informed pie that he believed someone had tried to poison these families? And that quote, somehow you were spared I was silent for a moment. He then remarked, I don't think anyone Slacks us enough to do that. Dwayne and Travis continued to get sicker while peggy became completely unresponsive. Three days after peggy arrived at windsor haven, hospital police attempted to interview her to safety you might want to harm her, but she was

able to do anything except squeeze her sisters, hand. The thallium eventually caused piggies muscles to become entirely paralyzed. She lost the ability To close her eyes and simply stared up blankly unable To blink it was inevitable that also would form on her corneas, the doktor had to sober, I shot to protect them within weeks, peggy fell into a coma wakes turned into month. While dwayne and Travis eventually made full recoveries, Peggy family came to accept that she would never get better they continue to visit and talked to her all the time. On friday march, three nineteen, eighty nine about four and a half months after peggy first became sick.

The decision was made to switch off her life support system. Peggy two older children, chaloner and darwin had their own suspicions as to who would want to kill their mother. when peggy re married her child and were initially pleased for her. They felt she deserved some joy After her other relationships, hadn't worked out and pie seemed to make her happy, but does the months went by peggy experience? Some nibbling doubts. The couples children had initially gotten along well, but they soon started to fight with each other. pie was employed, oda phosphate mine and worked incredibly long hours. Peggy began to suspect that something else was going on. One When papa said he had to work like

peggy angelina decided to investigate this, god into joanna car under drove out to the mine. Upon their arrival, there were only two cars in the parking lot. One was pause, the other belonged to a former girlfriend of his pie was having an affair. Peggy left the family home with her children and grand daughter. She left a note for pie that red. I do love you very very much. Right now. I'm at the point that I don't really know how you feel I told you What could handle anything as long as I had you now, I'm not sure. I'm going to give you some time to think about ass. I can't live like we have been no respect from the kids

not talking not caring. I love you and want to be your wife. Key word is wife. I don't know if this is right or not what I'm doing I don't know what else to do. I can't imagine living without you, but I can, if you don't want me. There is no question in my mind whether or not I want you and I love you. Is there. question in your mind, I'll be ok. If anyone is interested, I love you with all my heart, peggy. A few days later, on thursday october, twenty the couple reconciled and peggy moved back home that same day pie, laughed fur previously scheduled king trip, which would keep him away all weekend.

He returned on Sunday october, twenty three peggy was sick on the couch. Joanna had been disturbed by pies initial reluctance to take her mother to the hospital. She immediately began to wonder if he was behind peggy zone. Us Juliana confided in a co worker that she thought pie and he sees the caroline. What poisoning her mother Alan? came to share his sisters. Suspicions, siblings, quite alone Larry doubly who was peggy ex husband ended wines. Father was spending time at the hospital with his six, on he overheard pie being questioned about the poisoning by a police officer afterwards, he noticed that part. was trembling all over. On another occasion, Larry double

He was outside the hospital room where both teenage boys were staying when he heard a commotion from inside he rushed in and so apply and caroline standing there as pie, sound travis, screened larry help me. There trying to kill me caroline reassured him that they weren't trying to harm him. but Larry had noticed how caroline brought food to the hospital for the teens and wonder. About her motives, he claimed that peggy had told him I had taken out life insurance policies for her and the boys. Eighty thousand for peggy and sixty thousand for each boy. Larry doubly mentioned another troubling story, one day, several family

Members were gathered around discussing thallium. One person speculated that it may have come from the phosphate might plies ex wife who was present faced pie and said He's been working at silver city minds, all daisies, they ve got two chemist labs out there, do you have any of that shit out there? Do you know anything about this? According to Larry pie, told his ex wife. You shut your goddamn mouth other people, including doktor hostler and the families minister told him. To guide is that they didn't find pica suspicious at all. They saw how poor spent weeks by peggy side talking to her car instantly, even when she was unresponsive, the

Entire car household was tested for thallium everyone except pies doored. I Tammy had. prices of the heavy metal in that system in pie had enough in his body to make a smaller person unwell, bought. Do too Tall stature and larger frame pie: experienced some slight aches and pains the fact. That paw had also absorbed thallium, made detectives less inclined to suspect him. The fastest way they could get to the bottom of the crime was to figure out how and where the family had been exposed to thallium this Would also help calm the residents of ordinarily sleepy out tourists who were panicking after learning about the poisoning. Just in case the exposure had been accidental environs.

until official started, testing the fields orange groves and water well surrounding the car property. These tests came up and negative for thallium, Investigators once surprised Because nearest neighbors drank from the same well as them and hadn't been sick at all. dwayne and Travis reported. Having seen a tractor sprang pesticides in the area it was tracked down and rode out as well pie. Cars workplace was searched and attentive rap poison was recovered. It tested a negative for thallium. Detectives turned their attention to the cars home they performed. multiple sweeps. If the house cutting off either after item to be sent off to a laboratory for testing. Nothing resulted then

during a final inspection of the house in november nineteen. Eighty eight one detective noticed some broken glass on the kitchen floor, Kneeling down, he looked beneath a nearby counter. there was a rubbish bin underneath and behind that was a cotton filled with glass bottles of coca cola. There were right, sixteen ants bottles. In total, three of them were empty, while four were full and on opened. The final bottle had a broken neck, which was presumably where the Broken glass had come from, the coke bottles were tested by the floor the department of health and rehabilitative services, their laboratories found between half a gram and one gram of thallium in each of the full bottles.

one gram was enough to kill and out and, alas, was required to kill a child. The m but also all had thallium residue at the base. six years earlier in nineteen. Eighty two seven people died in there. chicago metropolitan area, after taking tylenol capitals that urbane laced with potassium cyanide and then saw On pharmacy shelves, as covered in episode. One hundred and eighteen of case file, the case became known as the chicago tylenol murders. The story made national headlines and had huge ripple effects throughout the. U s. Investigators on the peggy car case had to consider whether they were dealing with a similar crime. The

no obvious signs that the coke bottles had been tampered with. There were no fingerprints, nor did the bottle caps have any scratches on them in the full bottles the liquid appeared to be, same color and consistency as a regular bottle of coke. although there were no reports of any one else, suffering from thallium poisoning in. State aid is visited. The nearest coca cola bottling plant in Tampa florida after inspecting the way The plants machinery operated and how the bottles were distributed. They concluded that would have been impossible for any one to place a poisoned bottles on the assembly line and have then put in the same cotton. It appeared that the car family had been deliberately targeted with a cotton that was tampered with after being board at a store.

No one in the family knew where the bottles had come from. They just appeared under the canada one day. although the family usually purchased petty brand call our instead of coke, nobody thought anything of it. Pie recall that when peggy had first become sick, he made himself a whiskey and coke from one of the bottles My sister caroline said she had poured a glass of coke for peggy after she returned from her first hospital visit, believing peggy had I'm kind of virus caroline encourage her to keep her fluids up, but all they said Dan increase the levels of thallium in peggy s body count one had also given dwayne and traversed coax when they complained of feeling sick. The bottles were sent to F b. I experts.

when they examined the bottle caps under an extremely powerful microscope. They detected tiny scratch marks a diagonal angle. This indicated that someone had removed their caps with something like a screwdriver. Oh can open up put the value. Inside then Fastened, the caps. Although the liquid in the full bottles, looked like a regular coca cola, testing reveal that had lost some of its combination Whoever had poisoned the bottles knew exactly what they were doing there. no sign of tampering that would be visible to the human eye, but also of wood. taken some work for them to figure out the correct, a ratio of thallium to use to ensure the liquid didn't change, color or over flow from the bottle, while piggies two eldest children still suspected pie and caroline detectives,

were less sure they haven't found any evidence of the supposed life insurance policies. Pie had taken out on his wife, sun and steps on, nor they find pie or caroline had all suspicious. They also founded extremely unlikely that pie would have put his entire family at risk if he was looking for and he's relationship with these new wife paused tommy was the only member of the family who didn't test positive for traces of thallium. These lead to her being questioned as a possible suspect as well. She told investigators that she only drank diet side is which why she hadn't consumed any of the coke. detectives ruled out all of the family members as possible. Sauce backs. It seemed, increasingly likely that someone outside of their household was responsible.

whoever it was had tampered with the bottles and some house not them into the house when, No one was home, ply car found it. I to believe that anyone would want to harm he's family in such a way as far as he knew I didn't have any enemies, but Peggy sister show They told investigators, something that immediately caught their attention for months before the boy Names in june nineteen eighty eight, the car family had received a threatening letter when Pie was asked about the letter he said: he'd forgotten all about it, however, at the detectives request, he managed to located. The envelope had been addressed to pie car below was the families address

and inside was a yellow post at night, with a taught to message You and all your so called family have to wait to move out of florida. Wherever or else you we'll die. This is no joke. The family had all gathered together to study them out the writer had miss spout, pies, first name as pay. I e instead of pay way. given that everyone who knew him knew the correct spelling pie and piggies children too missed the letter as a sick joke, but peggy took it seriously. She told her kids to be extra careful, saying

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In the spring of nineteen, eighty nine thirty three. out sherry, gwynn came across a newspaper advertisement for an intriguing event It was a murder, mystery wakened, taking place at a home, tell in winter haven leave and was being hosted by a couple who were leaders in the park. Canny chapter of men saw an organization for people who possess a not q. In the top two percent of the population, Sherry taught a letter till one of the events hosts, whose name was george tree pal. de george. This letter is to request further information on the upcoming mensa murder weekend So I am considering moving my home to this queer county. I am compelled to find some type of stimulating entertainment.

Although I am acquainted with the renowned immense organization, never before of albania involved in a lifestyle that would permit such endeavours. My background consists of years of dedicated service to my perfidious mate turkey's thriving career and moved upwards and downwards alone a weekend Filled with intrigue and intellect could be just what the doctor ordered: sincerely sharon, sherry gwynn. Shortly after sending the letter, sherry saved a registration form and a brochure about the event in the mail on fraud April. Fourteen she arrived The winter haven holiday inn to attend the murder mystery weekend at registration desk. She met. Thirty nine year old, george tree pal, a small man with Thinning hair and thick glasses.

He handed sherry a pamphlet of information about the weekend. For the murder, mystery game guests were assigned to different rules such as bystander victim or murderer. At some point, the victims would pretend to be. Killed other at ten days would have to observe the events that followed closely looking for clues as to who the murderers were. Sherry gwynn was given the role of bystander over the course of the weekend. Sherry struck up a couple of conversations with the george tree pow. George spent his time, organizing mensa get together its programming computers and working as a free, lance technical rada, his wife and co host Diana worked as a doctor,

Sherry learnt that the couple were thinking about selling their home. Her interest immediately pate Sherry was in the process of divorcing, her lawyer husband and would be to buy new place to live as part of the settlement. George invited cherry to come over and to look at the house any time that suited. a few days later, cherry headed out to george tree bows property for a two hour jewel to live in an isolated area without tourists amongst some orange groves. The house was decorated with ninety seven Stay calm, including yellow curtains into orange cabinets. It had a library crammed with books on scientific subjects, the main bedroom was also full of books, which were mostly detective novels by authors. such as Agatha Christie,.

Another room which george described as his junk room was full of crystals rocks and minerals visible through the junk room window was a small brownish, yellow color to building georgics, wind was a garage he's neighbors had converted into an apartment. George had reported them to the local building board for doing so, as they had an obtained a proper permit. The incident had caused some bad boy. between george and these neighbours who lived on the only other property in the immediate vicinity. George had unlocked them, especially because one of them had constantly tried to sell him things like a pickup truck. George said the neighbors had moved out and were possibly trying to sell their property for why over its valued. Finally,

George took sherry through his garage workshop inside were lots of tools and the jobs of what appeared to be chemicals. Sherry gwynn decided against buying the house telling you which was too big for her. But she stayed in touch with the george and the to build a friendship over the following months. They chattered on the phone and made up in person from time to time which was sympathetic about sherry's, difficult divorce and her acrimony. This relationship with her ex husband richard the fact there Richard was a lawyer didn't endear him to george who hated lawyers. george offered ideas as to how sherry could read herself of rigid by getting him arrested. He suggested. She write a letter accusing richard of molesting a child

the idea was to send a threatening note to then president george bush and sign it with a rigid name, a joke that sherry should send him a poisoned flower delivery. In november of nineteen, eighty nine george trip outlined here, Wife, Diana left to their home in our tourists and moved to new. Forty miles south east to the city of say, bring florida with Our tourist house now empty george told share, She was welcome to move in. Sherry had been living in a condominium but wanted somewhere with more space ship Greater ran to george and Diana S, property temporarily,. Sherry moved in on tuesday December twelve nineteen, eighty nine, she didn't say, george forever a month. Then, on thursday january twenty five. Ninety ninety george received

Urgent sounding phone call from Sherry. She was in say, bring and needed to talk to him about something. Sherry ass to george, to meet her at a local mcdonald's a short time later sat down at an outdoor table. Sherry waste any time in getting to the point. She explained that shortly after moving into georgia's home she'd receive The visit from a local sheriffs deputy who was living next door. Sherry's voice sure ass. She said I think you neglected to tell me that something had happened in the neighborhood. George sounded com and dumb bothered. As he replied. Oh yeah, somebody got poisoned next door.

george tree pals, yell tourists, property boarded the house where pie and peggy car had lived. It had been fifteen month since peggy cause poisoning and ten months since her down play car and the rest of the family had moved out of the house within two months of peggy. First falling ill george trade, Had never mentioned the unsolved murder to sherry gwynn in all the time they being friends in this was odd. Given his love for murder, mysteries and detective novels indicated, he had a strong interest in crime. Sherry was struck by the matter of fact. The tone in which george discussed peggy poisoning. She told him That might not be a lot to you, but it's a lot to me, george, laughed and apologized.

Sherry ass. If the poisoning was what prompted george and diana to leave the neighbourhood and if they were scared. Apparently with some sort of personal vendetta. George said I mean It's not like they're running around poisoning. Everybody sherry explained that some detectives had dropped by to speak with her they danced about. George and his whereabouts. Sherry handed the detectives business cards over the george. He suddenly felt quite. He told sherry that hey and Diana had already spoken to the investigators twice he could and unjust. and why they would be looking for him now or why they would be talking to harry about it.

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in babble, language for life. Thank you for listening to this episode. Sad by supporting sponsors, you support case file to continue to deliver quality content. George tree pal and his wife Diana had problems with the car family that dated back years long before peggy car ever leave it on the property. The two households had never been friendly. George and Diana prided themselves on their more intellectual pursuits. While pie and tease. Emily were more sort of the earth tops. back around nineteen. Eighty four, when Paul still lived with these ex wife, he was Given a rhodesia and reach back a dog, the dough,

sometimes jumped the properties fence and chased after georgia's cat pie had saint george throwing sticks of the dog in response one day, the young, healthy dogs suddenly started losing white. And died pie had always suspected that had been poisoned, but didn't know who would do such a thing after pie divorced his wife in them. I read peggy things only got worse between the neighbors and Diana thought. The car property was too noisy. in retaliation. George disconnected the water supply for the well that they cause used. George was also unhappy about the way peggy and poise teenage sons right there, motorcycles through the area, sometimes onto his property. there was a lake beside georgia's house and he added some sand to the area.

Create a little page, please. son traverse had once ridden he's motorbike on the beach messing up the sand and upset george had reported. The incident apply, who replied, kids will be kids, In october nineteen eighty eight george diana made several complaints about how we out of the car sons were playing their radio when hanging out in the garage While the pie was away on his hunting trip, Diana came over to complain And a verbal altercation broke out between her and peggy the next day, Peggy fell ill from the poisoning that eventually ended her life. When the detectives investigating peggy cause homicide, land that are threatening letter had been sent to the family months before peggy s, death warning them to quote. move out of florida, or else you all die. Diana

really wondered whether pie car himself could have written ed. It seemed unbelievable that he'd forgotten to mention it. They are. Why, if he knew of anyone who would want to harm these family pie, drew a blank? The only people he'd had any trouble with where their neighbors george tree pal and he's was Diana. This was a major breakthrough for detectives. They were fairly confidence, that the car family had been targeted by an outsider instead of from within, but the mode location of their property meant. It would have been incredibly difficult for someone to sneak in a poison the cotton of coca cola without being seen. Someone was almost always at home and they.

I've noticed if any strange cause wherein the area whoever had committed the crime had to have struck when the house was empty, The only house with a view of the car residence was george tree powers. In the past pies teenage daughter, Tammy had received Obscene phone calls when she was home alone, the cold who sounded like an educated white male, often call Right after tommy's mother left the house, he would describe. Exactly what tommy was wearing two days before peggy, sick. There had been a window of time when no one was home that same day, dwayne and traverse had gone into the kitchen to get a coke from a night pact

they d noticed under account earlier, but it wasn't there. The teenagers surged several rooms, but couldn't find it The cotton mysteriously reappeared beneath the counter a short time later, the back door, the car property didn't always latch properly and could sometimes be opened when it appeared to be a lot around the time. Peggy and the two teenagers had been admitted to hospital pie found the back door open. A profile of piggies poisoner had been built by an agent from the fbi's behavioral. Science is unit. The agents said that most people who choose poison as their murder weapon were intelligent individuals who locked to solve problems without direct confrontation.

the agent also believed that the culprit would be an educated white man. Him he's made thirty's. He would say himself as intellectually superior to others. George tree pow fit the profile almost to a t. Some digging revealed that george had a criminal record in september, by nineteen seventy five. He was arrested by a federal agent with the drug enforcement administration. He had been. Operating a large or legal methamphetamine lab in north carolina and was involved in manufacturing the drug himself, the agent This girl did george tree pow, as quote probably the smartest chemist that I've ever known. to make the methamphetamine george, you used a chemical known as pay to pay. Although this

Be bought legally federal Drug agents kept the records of people who purchased it to get around. This problem george, sometimes brood his own pay to pay high made pay to pay was sometimes using the heavy metal thallium After being convicted of running an illicit drug lab george tree power was sentenced to three years in federal prison. He was a model inmate and prison officials soon recommended him for parole it was denied george found himself from straight by his fellow inmates, in particular,. He hated Hell way out away. Some of them play their radios here. And sent a lengthy memo to prison officials complaining about the matter,

not long after it was determined that peggy car had been poisoned. Detectives visited george tree pale at home. george sounded slightly nervous and hesitant and didn't express any sorrow for what the cars were going through. he said he didn't know he's neighbours well, but they would wave and say hello when they saw each other they're, not really. I kind of people, George added. when asked, if he had any problems with pie, car and his family george bush, More animated, he complained papa, had always tried to sell him things bucket barbecue peered made from a fifty gallon drum. They did. Gives us to george what he knew about thallium. He said he knew nothing at all, except when he heard on news reports about the case.

Why would somebody want to poison the car family? One of the detectives asked he was the standard question Had been asking everyone they spoke to in relation to the case, the details the threatening letter had never been made public most people say they had no idea why or suggested the culprit must have hated the family. But George, his answer was unique. He nodded his head towards the car property and said. to get them to move locked. I did george tree power, was becoming an increasingly likely sauce bags, but with no physical evidence linking him to the case. It was decided that he should be put under surveillance, detectives recruited, a colleague at the park, canny sheriff's office to help with the task.

Susan garrick was thirty three years old and had previously worked under on a number of drug related cases. the investigation into george tray power was dubbed operation pio horse a reference to an Agatha Christie, novel him, which they kill on the disease victims with thallium. Agent, correct spent several weeks: hang up on george tray pal and observing him as he went about his daily business. And a colleague also search the dumpster outside of his office looking for incriminating evidence, ideally something linking him to a thallium supplier, but nothing was found after peggy car died, detectives decided they needed to try it different approach. They would sign an undercover agent to get close to george in the hopes he might confide. He secrets

They thought a woman would be best, as george would view, Was non threatening. Susan goruck was given the task she constructed. Her alter ego a divorcee named sherry gwynn. Knowing that george tray pow, hated lloyd's, aging girl, decided her fictional ex husband would be an abrasive attorney. She would flutter george and earn he simply The by discussing merit or problems with him. a mensa murder mystery weekend that george was hosting was agent correction and shape Send him a letter opposing a sherry asking to attend over the course of that way. And agent correct, looked for clues, send took numerous photographs. She took particular note of a pamphlet george had written up for the weekend, which was totalled voodoo for fun and

Offered the title was a nod to the theme of the murder mystery, which scented about voodoo practitioners, an excerpt of the pamphlet red few buddhists believe they can be Killed by psychic means, but no one doubts that he can be poisoned when a death threat appears on the doorstep. Prudent paypal throw out all their food and watch what they ate. Hardly anyone die. From magic most items on the doorstep, adjust their neighbors way of saying I don't like you move, or else. Two investigators- this appeared to be a not. So subtle reference to the poison, the coca cola, bottles that appeared at the car home.

Over the course of eight months agent, correct built a friendship with george, she complained to him about her fictional ex husband, hoping it my coat a confession. Out of it. The undercover operation was a long, slow process. Eventually, the higher robs began comply nothing about the lack of results, then a breakthrough for They occurred when george and he was moved to say bring in november. nineteen. Eighty nine agents, Iraq would ask to rent their home in now, tourists giving unfettered access to the property. Agent gharra moved into george tree pals home on tuesday december twelve nineteen. Eighty nine that evening crime scene technicians, descended on the property.

They robbed cotton bulls dipped in nitric, acid, along surfaces throughout the house. Looking for traces of volume, Sinks drain send the inside of cabinets were all swathed. The garage workshop was also searched. George hadn't bothered to clear it out when he moved empty spray, pain, cans, scraps of wood and gardens. Applause were littered everywhere. The floor was covered with sawdust nails and broken glass. There were also jogs filled with various liquids. a couple of small bottles were found on georgia's workbench one was made. Brown glass and had a why residue inside these were packaged. to be examined at an fbi lab. while investigators, while waiting for the results to come back

Gharra comment with george as sherry to tell her That she knew about the poisoning next door. She hoped that he might be shocked, To giving something away. Although George seemed rattled, he didn't say anything incriminating. In march nineteen. Ninety one year after peggy cause death, the results from the property search came back. The brown bottle found in the garage workshop had tested positive for thallium I am on Saturday April seven nineteen ninety agent girl dial to george tree bows home numbering say bring from a mobile phone. When george came to the phone, Agent, correct said in a shaky voice. I george that sherry, those to invest. gaiters came to my house again this morning, they were.

Asking about you again something about chemicals. I don't What they are talking about. Do you. George told agent garlic to calm down ass, she grew increasingly destroyed the two shouted for a while. Then agent, garlic heard a disturbance on georgia's end in a calm tone. George suddenly said sherry by coincidence. The police are here we'll have to call back monday, while agent correct had been talking to george investigated said they Making their way to his home armed with a warrant for his arrest. Georgia's wife Diana tried to refuse them entry and had to be pulled from the doorway to the front yard. Diana yelled and swore at the police, but joy which seemed relaxed as he met them at the top of the stairs

Is wearing only a pair of women's bikini, brace he got dressed then placed under arrest for the murder of peggy car. Meanwhile, investigators carried out a search of georgia's savouring residents These belongings, they found a loose leaf, binder filled with pages taken from scientific textbooks, george written a title on the front door. Ro poisoning guides. inside the bind our featured information for law enforcement on identifying poisoning cases. Another book, toddled poison, detection in human organs headed retired paragraph on thallium. A large amount of bondage equipment and toys were found in a closet.

In another room, a sacred compartment behind a peg board lined with tools revealed a tiny, sound curved room it had. Black paneled walls and no windows on the floor, was a wooden platform, the size of a bed with manacles attached. it looked as though the room had only recently been built and testing revealed nothing on toward such as blood or other bodily fluids. But it looked two detectives, as though George had been making a torture chamber with a space to tie someone up, News of george trip house arrest came as a shock to his fellow and some members. They told them. Media? They couldn't believe that such a great guy would be capable of murder to them. George

Was a friendly man who rescued stray cats peggy com, children were also in disbelief that their eccentric form, a neighbor, could do such a thing as special. Over something as minor as loud, music george tree pale pleaded not guilty. And his trial began in january. Ninety ninety one f, b, scientists testified about the way peggy had been poisoned and the bottles with traces of thallium found in georgia's home agent. Susan garage was the states star. We ass the day after she testified about her undercover work. On the case, george his wife Diana reproached the agent outside the court room and screened. I

do you know just what a bit you are. George tree pals defence tame argued that the evidence against their client was entirely circumstantial. They pointed to The possible suspects whom they fell to investigate is having considered such as georgia's wife, Diana. They also queried why detectives had been so quick to rule out peggy cars husband, given that the couple had been having married or problems. They cited. A jack Daniels bottle that was found in the cars shared and was filled with some sort of pesticide health officials had never tested the pesticide. So couldn't say whether or not it had thou a minute, assert fifty cars garage apartment had also revealed a trace of thallium beneath a sink. However, this state pointed

that this trace had been so miniscule that a second a test of the sink found no. thallium at all, it was possible. The first test had been a false rating. The trial ran for four weeks. The jury ultimately found george tree pale guilty of fifteen charges, including one counter. First, the gray, murder and six counts of attempted. First, the gray, murder. At the jury's recommendation, George was sentenced to death lethal injection. Thirty, two years later, george trip remains on death row. He's now seventy four years old and maintains his innocence, all of his appeals have been unsuccessful to this day. Some people believe that george tree Powys innocent. He supporters point to the

circumstantial nature of the case against him and maintained that detective, said tunnel vision from the start. They describe. George is a gentle man. They ve, never known to be violent. Budding to guide its including agents. incorrect, who spent a year getting to know george tree pow, have no doubt that the man dubbed the immense a murderer is guilty. in nineteen ninety five agent correct corrode a book about the case with the journalists, Jeffrey good. Titled poison, mind the book details agent, corrects undercover work, has sherry gwynn and examines the impact that the case had on peggy cause family peggy Children drifted away from their stepfather pie, car and he's kids. They all have mixed feelings about george tree pals death sentence.

play car, told the ledger newspaper that he still waiting for the day when he can see the death sentence carried out quite a stir. Want to be there when he's executed, but have anything to say to him. I don't think I could can Oh myself, if I was to talk to him to of peggy children dwayne angelina say they have given george trip out and don't believe he should be executed but Peggy, son Alan disagrees. He believes that you we're losing his life is the consequence. Hey must suffer for his actions. Alan giuliano into dwayne have all found their own ways to keep. Them his memory alive dwayne, had to battle with physical trauma, as well as emotional, paying the poisoning that took his mother's life or

I led to dwayne losing harvey's body weight and spending three months in hospital. He had to use a wheelchair until he could walk again. Although he eventually made a full recovery. He struck in the aftermath, while going through some difficulties he found strengthen writing a letter to peggy today he wishes. His mother was still alive, so she could made his wife and see how we And he's alive around Alan thinks of peggy anytime, he says a waitress whose apron pockets jingle with the sound of coins. Whenever Joanna wants to connect with her mother. She said

Has allowed mamma, I love you.